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Speaking to the Soul: The Elijah Method of Spiritual Renewal

June 19, 2016 No Comments

God never fails to help and govern those whom he has set upon the sure foundation of his lovingkindness

Speaking to the Soul: Bernard Mizeki, catechist and martyr in Africa

June 18, 2016 1 Comment

So many lessons, most especially remaining faithful to God and not building our own kingdoms or following those who seek to do that very thing.

Speaking to the Soul: the bedrock on which we stand

June 16, 2016 1 Comment

Three nights ago, at the Fort Collins vigil for those killed or wounded in the Orlando shooting, Rabbi Shoshana Leis sang, in what she described as an ancient traditional chant of lamentation, the last words texted by Eddie Justice to his mother.

Whistleblower protection needed at Church Center

June 15, 2016 6 Comments

The report, presented during a meeting of Executive Council’s Joint Standing Committee on Finances for Mission, marks the first time since a misconduct scandal broke in December that the church has publicly acknowledged a problem in its systems for uncovering misconduct.

Speaking to the Soul: The Judas Kiss

June 14, 2016 7 Comments

I thought of a hundred families and and hundreds more this week mourning the pain, suffering, and loss of their loved ones while the familiar excuses of powerlessness to stop the chain of death and destruction ooze up from every direction. And tears welled in my eyes all over again.

Speaking to the Soul: The Flesh the Word Requires

June 13, 2016 1 Comment

We all belong to the group of things that die and Jesus has joined us on the journey. He not only died for us, he dies with us. He gives us the greatest gift of his presence and he does not hold himself aloof from us or our mortality.

Speaking to the Soul: Carrying On

June 12, 2016 3 Comments

But sometimes He is just the God of carrying on. It’s the work of the saints, and of sinners like us. It is the heroic work of following Jesus to bear our scars and to carry on.

Speaking to the Soul: The Saint of Second Chances

June 11, 2016 2 Comments

We all make mistakes. We all want forgiveness. At times we all need a Barnabas to stand with us and to help us to reestablish ourselves. We also have friends who, God willing, are the kind of friends who will do just that.

Scottish Episcopal Church votes for marriage equality

June 10, 2016 34 Comments

The change is to remove from the Canon the doctrinal statement regarding marriage that marriage is to be understood as a union “of one man and one woman.”

Speaking to the Soul: No barriers

June 10, 2016 1 Comment

But here’s the problem with walls: as much as we think they keep “undesirable” people out, they also keep the fortunate ones penned in. In the end, both are in a cage. And even a cage of your own making is still a cage.

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